LaNia Sproles: Objects of Affection
@ Goldfinch
319 N Albany Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Saturday, June 10th, from 2PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, July 22nd
Goldfinch is pleased to present “Objects of Affection,” a solo exhibition by LaNia Sproles in Gallery 2. Through her collages, paintings and drawings, LaNia Sproles creates spaces for representing Black femme desire and worlds wherein sex, sexuality and human expressions of self are not bound by the repressive limitations imposed by normative culture. Drawing inspiration from queer and feminist theory, Sproles depicts figures in mostly private personal spaces engaged in various modes of intimate self-display and sexual play. Despite the humor and seeming light-heartedness of many of these images, running throughout Sproles’ body of work is an implicit, acknowledged relationship between trauma and the construction of personal identity.
Artist’s Bio:
LaNia Sproles lives and works in the segregated city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where she graduated with a BFA from Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design in 2017. Her body of work spans several disciplines including printmaking, drawing, and collage. The philosophies of self-perception, queer and feminist theories, and inherent racial dogmas are essential to her work. Sproles examine the works of feminist artists and writers such as Octavia Butler, Kara Walker, and Rebecca Morgan. In 2020, she completed her year as a 2019 Mary L. Nohl fellow, continued her teaching as artist-in-residence at the Lynden Sculpture Garden in Milwaukee, and guest curated an exhibition hosted by NADA art fair with Green Gallery. Recently, she created an illustration of Art Preserve artists for the west wall in the Social STUDIO.
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